David Cardoso
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 9, 1943 (age 83)
- Birthplace
- Maracaju, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
Biography
José Darcy Cardoso, better known by his stage name David Cardoso, is a Brazilian actor of film, stage and television, who has also worked as a filmmaker and producer. Founder of production company DaCar Produções Cinematográficas , he's known as one of the main names among the erotic and pornographic productions of São Paulo's "Boca do Lixo". Born and raised in Maracaju, in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, by 1963 Cardoso moved to São Paulo and began searching for gigs as a technician in filmmaking. Working as continuity supervisor and production director at Pam Filmes, Amacio Mazzaropi's production company, he got his debut as an actor in a short role in Mazzaropi's O Lamparina (1963). He would have his first substancial role in Walter Hugo Khouri's "O Corpo Ardente", in 1966. By the early 1970s Cardoso already had gain notoriety as a star, after acting in Glauco Mirko Laurelli's "A Moreninha" (1970). In 1973 he founded DaCar Produções Cinematográficas, which would go on to produce most of his later films. His debut as a director was 1977's DaCar production "Dezenove Mulheres e Um Homem". As an actor, Cardoso was featured in more than 40 films, from pornographic features to family-friendly movies such as Roberto Farias' "Roberto Carlos em Ritmo de Aventura" (1968), including avant-garde and cult films like Ozualdo Candeias' "A Herança" (1971). He played the main part in Rede Globo's soap opera "O Homem Proibido" (1982), leading to a series of protests from a conservative part of the public in account of his well-known connection to erotic productions. Cardoso is father to actors David Cardoso Júnior and Tallytha Cardoso, and currently lives in a farm in his home state of Mato Grosso do Sul.
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Filmography
From the South: The Revenge
Movie
Crepúsculo das Deusas
Movie
A Boca do Cinema
Movie
Sem Defesa
Movie
Um Cara Diferente
Movie
Mazzaropi
Movie · as Self
Corpo Presente
Movie
Boca do Lixo: A Bollywood Brasileira
Movie
Na Mira dos Assassinos
Movie · as David Cardoso
Cabeça a Prêmio
Movie · as Radialista
Minami em Close-up - A Boca em Revista
Movie
Foi Bom pra Você, Benzinho?
Movie
Magic Mirror
Movie
Shades of Sin
TV · as Pimenta · 185 eps
A Hora Mágica
Movie · as Delegado Bandeira
Despedida de Solteiro
TV · as Corumbá · 207 eps
Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor
Movie
O Dia do Gato
Movie · as Gato
Estou com AIDS
Movie
Novas Sacanages do Viciado em C...
Movie
Uma Esperança no Ar
TV · as Ricardo · 168 eps
Tentação na Cama
Movie
O Viciado em C...
Movie
The Nun and the Torture
Movie · as Delegado Rui
Erotic Hunts
Movie · as Ricardo
Body and Soul of a Woman
Movie
The Night of the Terrace 2
Movie · as David
As Seis Mulheres de Adão
Movie · as Adão
O Homem Proibido
TV · as Paulo Villani · 146 eps
Porno!
Movie · as Romano
Corpo Devasso
Movie
O Guarani
Movie · as Peri
E Agora, José?
Movie
O Amante de Minha Mulher
Movie · as André
Bandido, Fúria do Sexo
Movie · as Téo
Desejo Selvagem
Movie · as Tigre
Cara a Cara
TV · as Tonho (Antônio Borelli) · 223 eps
19 Mulheres e 1 Homem
Movie
Loved and Abused
Movie · as Leandro Kopezky
Possuídas pelo Pecado
Movie · as André Albino de Souza
A Ilha do Desejo
Movie
Trindad... É Meu Nome
Movie
Caçada Sangrenta
Movie · as Neguinho
Sedução - A Mulher Fatal
Movie · as Omar
Caingangue - A Pontaria do Diabo
Movie
A Infidelidade ao Alcance de Todos
Movie
Sinal Vermelho - As Fêmeas
Movie
Corrida em Busca do Amor
Movie · as Ronaldo
Quando as Mulheres Paqueram
Movie
Se Meu Dólar Falasse...
Movie · as Gustavo
A Moreninha
Movie · as Augusto
The Inheritance
Movie · as Omeleto
Os Maridos Traem... e as Mulheres Subtraem
Movie · as Johnny Aleluia
Agnaldo, Perigo à Vista
Movie · as Baby
Roberto Carlos, Looking for Adventure
Movie
Vidas Estranhas
Movie
Férias No Sul
Movie
O Grande Segredo
TV · as Cássio · 145 eps
The Burning Body
Movie
Men and Women
Movie